Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Episode #120 of Shakedown Stream this week will go even Furthur. Many Streamers, railers, spinners, wharf rats, and devotees have asked me to play this show - 3/3/10. The 2nd night in Chicago is the stand out show from this tour. I may be wrong or I may be missing some others, but, for now - this is the show. Everybody is talking about it. I listened to it on a sunny shiny Saturday morning on my porch while eating Pear waffles drinking organic coffee with silky soy milk and listening to the 1st set of the 2nd night show.

I was quite blown. For sure. Indeed. It twas, dare I say, what Veneta was to Sunshine Daydream and nudity - this show is to Health Care Reform in my lifetime.

So, anyway, rarely do I go off script from the format, but this week we will feature Furthur in all its' glory.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

The fans selected 6/17/76 of Passaic, NJ as the featured show for this week. With over 100 votes cast on ShakedownStream's blog page, this show barely beat out the '74 show. Either way, we were going to have a an awesome featured show this week.

The month of March was devoted to the polling/voting theme. It was a cool way for Streamers to get involved and determine the direction of their show. Shakedown Stream is a Grateful Dead podcast show hosted by a fan for the fans. No one thing is greater than the other - just a piece of a larger whole.

Join me this week for another episode of Shakedown Stream on mvyradio.com this Tuesday at 5pm (eastern time).

Also, you may hear some old crusty Grateful Dead, Pig Pen, something acoustic, tracks from the recent Furthur tour '10 and whatever else that may flow into the Stream.

“Over the past year, both Jill and I have come to know and love Jay for the great guy that he is. At the end of our tour he rode back on Bob’s bus and informed Bob that he had an opportunity to play drums with Primus. He and Bob discussed it, and they decided that the logical time to make the change would be after the birthday show. I only found out about this the day before the show; as their relationship goes back a long way, I told them both then that I support any decision they might make. I will miss Jay’s enthusiasm and ebullience; he’s a great guy to hang and play music with.”

Phil went on to answer a number of questions from fans in the thread and mentioned that both he and GD/Furthur band mate Bob Weir think that proceeding with one drummer – Sir Joe Russo – would be best. He also mentioned that we should keep our eyes on theFurthur website tomorrow for more information on the Furthur Festival. As for Jay Lane, he was an original member of Primus who left the band in 1989. He later joined up with the original Primus lineup in 1994 for an album released under the Sausage moniker. There’s been no official announcement from the Primus camp and there no confirmed Primus dates on the docket as of yet.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Hey now streamers - most of you know that Shakedown Stream is brought to you by mvyradio.com, the internet arm of Martha's Vineyard's radio station, 92.7 FM WMVY. MVY has always been a leader of independent radio stations in an age of corporate domination. Several years ago, the MVY folks launched a pioneering internet radio presence, www.mvyradio.com, and have reached a worldwide audience. Check 'em out if you haven't already - you can personalize your listening preferences, hear new and live music and more. Unlike 92.7, mvy's internet radio is completely commercial-free and entirely listener supported, so they created a non-profit organization that collects donations to keep the internet streams flowing. That means Shakedown Stream needs your green energy ($$$) to keep going. We'd like to invite you to make a tax deductible donation today at friends of mvyradio. And for a donation of $125, you get a 100% organic cotton Shakedown Stream tee shirt hot off the press. The Stream, this blog, and our ever expanding FB group is a labor of love for me, but the Stream has fixed costs that need to be covered - technical stuff like bandwidth and servers that make it all possible. Where would the Dead have been without the technical wizards that brought their sound to so many venues? Become a friend of mvy today and together we'll create something built to last.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Spring will be arriving in a few days and it will be time to start wearing T-Shirts again. As some of you know, there are no commercials or sponsors on the Stream. 100% of our support comes from Deadheads like you.If you like the podcast, show your support by making a tax deductibledonation to www.friendsofmvyradio.org. For our Spring 2010 fundraiser, wehave something new. If you donate 125 dollars, we'll say thank you bysending you a 100% organic "Friend of the Devil - Friend of mvyradio"t-shirt. Every donation, whatever the size, will help us out.Thanks.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

How many Rock n' Roll bass players do you know that are 70 years old. How many do you know that are still jamming? Or who are still touring? Unbelievable.

Last night, Phil Lesh & Bobby Weir with their "hot hand" band Furthur celebrated Phil's 70th birthday in San Francisco. They were joined by Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, Jackie Greene & Steve Molitz and John Molo too (Friends of Phil Lesh & Friends). The played all the good tunes. They opened with an acoustic set and then 2 electric sets. It was a New Year's Dead show.

I am proud to be a deadhead. I am proud that my bass player from my favorite band is still doing it and doing it right. Happy Birthday Phil!!!!!!! Peace - Jer Bear

Ripple (BW)Lazy River Road (JK)(Bobby says were gonna do yet another tune in the key of G)Peggy-O (CR)Two Souls in Communion (CR)Brokedown Palace (JG)A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (BW)They Love Each Other (CR)Mountains of the Moon (PL)Attics of My Life (All)

I have decided to call it for the Queen. With 15 hours to go before the Shakedown Stream poll closes, it is safe to say that the London, England show from the famed Europe '72 tour is the chosen one. Yes, it is what the hardcore Streamers have been waiting for and their wish has come true. This week on Shakedown Stream, we are featuring the 5/23/72 show from The Strand Lyceum in London.

It is all very sophisticated and civilized. Tea and crumpets will be served with the Queen, of course. Who knows, she may bless us with a visit to the mvyradio studio.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A note from mvyradio Program Director PJ Finn, to Shakedown Streampodcasters:

We've been experiencing some technical difficulty with our ability toautomatically upload the Shakedown Stream podcast to iTunes, and theiPhone App. As this will take a few days to resolve itself, and we hateto make you wait, I encourage you to download this week's episode from thelink below.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Brent Mydland's last show with the Grateful Dead - 7/23/90 - was selected by the fans to be the featured show this week on Shakedown Stream. I know some of you were hoping to get another show or another year to be voted in as the featured show this week, however, something happened. Believe it or not, there were some concerted orchestration by some deadheads to sway this election toward a desired outcome. Here are the results:

Every election has an analysis and this one will have one too. Tune in this week for another episode of Shakedown Stream on mvyradio.com and iTunes. We'll also check out some new stuff from the Furthur tour. These guys are hot right now.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

WHAT: The Pearly Baker Band’s 25th Anniversary Celebration to benefit the United Way Hunger Commission of Southeastern MA.

New Bedford’s own Pearly Baker Band is celebrating 25 years of making music with a special concert at the Zeiterion Theatre – and they want to give back to the community!

All proceeds from this performance will benefit United Way’s Hunger Commission of Southeastern Massachusetts. Senator Mark Montigny is serving as the event chairman and Citizens-Union Savings Bank as the major sponsor.

We’re asking all attendees to bring one non-perishable food item to the event! There will be bins set up in the lobby.

WHEN: Saturday, April 3rd from 7 – 11pm

WHERE: The Zeiterion Theatre

HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS: Contact the Z either online ( HYPERLINK "http://www.zeiterion.org" www.zeiterion.org), by phone (508-994-2900), or in person at the box office. Tickets are $15 each.

CONTACT:On the day of the event, contact Caroline Cuccia at 508-525-6750 (United Way) or Mike Mahoney at 508-717-2793 (Pearly Baker).